Ferdinand and Isabella Columbus Day Signed Letter Re: The Town Where Columbus Died

Manuscript Letter Signed "Yo el Rey" ["I the King"] by Ferdinand and "Yo la Reyna" ["I the Queen"] by Isabella, 1 page, 8.25" x 12". Granada, Spain, October 12, 1499. Countersigned "Miguel Peres Dalmaçán" as secretary. Docketed on verso. In Spanish with full English translation. On watermarked laid paper. In exceptionally fine condition.

In full, to "Our municipal royal representative in the noble town of Valladolid. By a patent letter or ours that we are sending to that town, we are ordering that they send their parliamentary representatives to wherever we may be on the twentieth of November next coming, as you will see at greater length in our said letter. We, therefore, order that you endeavor to see to it that they choose their parliamentary representatives from among those who seem to you to have better intentions, and bring it about that in any case they come on the day we order and that the powers they bring are very complete and in accordance with our said patent letter and the memorandum that accompanies it with the signature of Miguel Peres Dalmaçán, our secretary."

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